Tom and Jay are on opposite coasts yet again. But they are back together to consider Walmart, TechnipFMC and a host of other news from the world of compliance and ethics. They are back to discuss some of this week’s top compliance and ethics stories which caught their collective eyes.
- Last week Walmart, this week TechnipFMC. Harry Cassin breaks it down in the FCPA Blog. Dylan Tokar in the WSJ Risk & Compliance Journal.
- The pundits weigh on Walmart. Tom has a four part series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) Mike Volkov has a 3-part series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) Matt Kelly says it’s the end of an era in Radical Compliance.
- How did Walmart’s $900+ in presettlement expenditures impact its final penalty? Dylan Tokar explores in the WSJ Risk & Compliance Journal.
- Mike Lynch takes the stand in London, says Meg Whitman wasn’t up to the job. Richard Crump reports in Law360.
- After FBI skewered DOJ gets conviction in Boston FCPA sting trial. Department of Justice Press Release.
- Internal control airball in Sacramento? Matt Kelly explores in Radical Compliance.
- What is the state of cyber security in mid-2019? Jonathan Rusch explores on Dipping Through Geometries.
- Does the EU whistleblower initiative enhance corporate culture? Pauline Blondet in CCI.
- Can regulators leverage monitors? Jay Rosen explores on CCI.
- Tom has a special 5-part podcast series this week, looking the current state of compliance with Terry Orr, MD of Kroll, who was the sponsor of the series. Check out the following: Part 1-Orr’s Journey to compliance; Part 2-significant FCPA enforcement actions; Part 3– the new DOJ Guidance; Part 4-Private Equity and Compliance; and Part 5-new challenges in healthcare compliance. The podcast is available on multiple sites: the FCPA Compliance Report, iTunes, JDSupra, Megaphone,YouTube, Spotifyand Corporate Compliance Insights, Compliance Podcast Networkand now on the C-Suite Radio Network.
- AP Capaldo-Aoun and Marcia Narine Weldon join the Compliance Podcast Network with their new podcast Integrity Factor. Check them out here.
- Tom and Hanzo combine for a new eBook THE 2019 GUIDE TO INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE – An eBook on Planning, Protocols, Data Collection, Triage, and Remediation. It’s available for download at no charge here.
Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.
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